Well my reults came back low risk, 1 in 10,000 so im very pleased. I dont regret doing it and would have wanted to know if it was high risk so I could consider all of the options. Not that I want anyone to think this that hasn't had it as you obvisouly very set in your minds that you wouldnt have a termination etc but the thought of finding out jsut after giving birth and being totally unprepared really scared me.
Tests for down syndrome etc at 12-16 weeks
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just an update i went to hosp and even though i had a lil sticker in my notes n my m/w sais i could have the test at 19 weeks 6 days the doc said i was too late even though i was 19 weeks n 6 days am not really happy about it i would have liked to have known just to prepare myself but one thing i do know is i will love this baby no matter what 
we opted out, my partner left this decision to me as he said (every so smugly) "if theres anything wrong with our child you will be the caregiver due to my age and I want you to make the choice" which translates into, I dont want to make such a serious decision please do it for me,
so I decided to opt out, I would keep my child no matter what, we have been trying for it for so long with so many heart breaks I could not terminate for anything
so I decided to opt out, I would keep my child no matter what, we have been trying for it for so long with so many heart breaks I could not terminate for anything
Hi, I'm a special needs teacher and I've worked with quite a few students with Down Syndrome in their late teens. Down's adults are generally quite able to look after themselves and even hold down simple jobs (which is a lot more than can be said for some of the messed up physically normal teens I've come across).
Sure you'll probably have more difficulties with childhood illness, but you'll get a beautiful child who'll make you glad you didn't 'take action'. I'm only 7 weeks and I'm 37 so my chances of having a Down's child are pretty high. I have no intention of having those tests.
Sure you'll probably have more difficulties with childhood illness, but you'll get a beautiful child who'll make you glad you didn't 'take action'. I'm only 7 weeks and I'm 37 so my chances of having a Down's child are pretty high. I have no intention of having those tests.
Where we live, the nuchal translucency test is the 12-week scan - so if you opted out of that you wouldn't see the foetus until 22 weeks. Not sure if you're including the NT in the tests? We also get the triple blood tests as standard.
If there's an abnormality indicated with either of the non-invasive tests, you get offered CVS/amniocentesis dependent on how far gone you are.
Personally I won't opt out of the default tests (the 12-week scan and the blood tests), but I doubt very much I'd go for CVS/amnio. Under most circumstances I wouldn't abort, and I wouldn't take the risk of accidental abortion. (I say most circumstances only because I have no idea what I would do if I was told that our baby was seriously ill with a fatal chromosomal condition and would definitely die within days of birth in extreme pain. I hope never to find out, but I know people who have had to make such difficult decisions and there's no way I would judge them).
If there's an abnormality indicated with either of the non-invasive tests, you get offered CVS/amniocentesis dependent on how far gone you are.
Personally I won't opt out of the default tests (the 12-week scan and the blood tests), but I doubt very much I'd go for CVS/amnio. Under most circumstances I wouldn't abort, and I wouldn't take the risk of accidental abortion. (I say most circumstances only because I have no idea what I would do if I was told that our baby was seriously ill with a fatal chromosomal condition and would definitely die within days of birth in extreme pain. I hope never to find out, but I know people who have had to make such difficult decisions and there's no way I would judge them).
Our hospital offers a normal 12 weeks scan or the option of a nuchal. We went for the nuchal because we had this with our son, and to be totally honest I think id rather know if there was a problem, but how id deal with it if there was a problem...I really dont know, so probably wasnt the best thing to do but it all came out fine, risk results were extremely low.
We opted out as well. My midwife nodded when I said that it wouldnt change my decision on the baby whatever news I was told and that I wouldnt go down the amnio route anyway. However when I went for my 2nd scan this week, the sonographer asked me what my nuchal results were and i said i didnt have it and she said 'why not?'. I thought this wasnt any of her business tbh as I had already discussed it with my midwife. She made me feel like a bad mum.
